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Patented Sept. 4, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE conmmrn COAT AND CAP Morris Arst,

Chicago, Ill.

Application December 7, 1933, Serial No. 701,266

3 Claims.

' manently or detachably attached to and concealed in or under thecollar, but capable of being extended and joined together to form a cap, whereby the hat or cap, which is usually worn, may be dispensed with.

Another object is to provide a pair of flaps on the coat collar, provided with hookless fasteners or other fasteners on companion edges, whereby said edges of the flaps, when extended may be secured together, thereby converting the flaps into a cap.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of this specification and with said objects and advantages in view this invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawings accompanying this specification in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a garment embodying a simple form of the invention, illustrating the collar and lapels in dotted lines as normally worn;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of upper part of the garment, illustrating the collar as normally worn in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the upper part of the garment,

Fig. 4 is a view of the upper part of the garment laid out fiat and illustrating an additional improvement,

Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing the collar turned down,

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation illustrating a modification in connection with a narrow collar,

Fig. I is a detail rear elevation of the upper part of a garment containing the modification illustrated in Fig. 6,

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. '7, but showing the flaps turned out, and

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view, in section, of the modified form illustrated in Figs. 6, 7, 8.

Referring to said drawings, the reference characters 10, 10 designate the front pieces of an overcoat of conventional form, and 11, 11 designate the back pieces thereof. with the usual lapels 12, 12, and a collar 13. Desirably a wide collar is used whereby it may conceal the flaps which comprise the cap. Either permanently or detachably secured to the longitudinal edge of the collar are two companion flaps 14, 14, each having a curved edge 15, 15

The coat is formed.

provided with suitable fasteners here shown as hookless fastener elements 16, 16 and a slide 17 co-operating therewith to interlock one set of fastener elements with the other in the common and well known manner. Preferably the flaps are stitched to the edge of the collar although if desired, they may be detachably secured thereto by ordinary snap fasteners 18 as is indicated in gether part of the way as at 19. The flaps are slightly narrower than the collar, whereby they may be worn therein or thereunder when not in use, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and desirably companion snap fasteners 20, 21 are provided on the underside of the collar and on the outer side of the flaps, whereby the flaps may be neatly held in place underneath the collar when not in use. The flaps extend lengthwise of the collar through the major portion of the edge of the collar, in order that when extended for use as a cap, they will cover the back and a considerable portion of the sides of the head of the wearer. They should be of suincient length to cover the ears when in use. The side edges 22 of the flaps form the front edge of the cap.

When not in use the flaps are turned into or under the collar and the free edges secured thereto by the snap fasteners 20, 21. In this condition they are entirely concealed when the collar is turned down. This concealed position of the flaps is illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

To convert the flaps into a cap, the snap fasteners 20, 21 are disconnected, the coat collar turned up, the flaps extended, and the slide 17 drawn along the hookless fasteners to the front, thereby joining the two flaps from back to front over the head of the user and providing a cap that covers the head, the collar forming a connection between the body of the coat and the cap and thereby protecting the head of the user.

To dispense with the cap, the slide 17 is drawn back, thereby releasing the flaps from each other, whereby they may be folded down into or underneath the collar and secured in this position with the snap fasteners 20, 21.

The flaps may be constructed of the same kind of material "as the remainder of the garment,

thereby giving a pleasing and attractive appearance to the garment, or when made separable therefrom they may be made of any suitable material that will harmonize with the remainder of the garment. When made separate from the coat, the flaps may be secured to the collar by snap fasteners 18 (see Fig. 4).

The invention may be applied to various types of garments, such as mens, womens and childrens coats, overcoats, hunting coats, uniforms, cloaks and the like. With this invention the usual hat or cap may be entirely dispensed wit-h. It is extremely convenient, useful, simple and inexpensive.

In the modified form illustrated in Figs. 6 to 9, inclusive, the collar 13 is of the narrow type and is formed of two pieces 13 13 stitched together along its free edges as usual. The piece 13 is stitched to the coat material at 11 and the piece 13 is stitched to the lining 24 at 24, thereby leaving a pocket 25 between the two collar pieces and between the coat material and lining, in which the flaps 14 14, which form the cap, may be contained when not in use.

In this form of the invention, the collar piece 13 is out along its length adjacent its free edge to form a slit 26, the edges of which are suitably finished, and the cap forming flaps 14* are stitched to the inner side of the narrow strip 27, between the edge of the collar and slit along the line 28, whereby the flaps may lie in the pocket between the two collar pieces and between the coat material and lining of the coat asseen in Fig. 7. Snap fasteners 29 on the flaps and back pieces of the coat provide means for preventing the slit from gaping.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the coat collar is shown turned up, the flaps being. concealed in the pocket of Fig. 6, and turned out in Fig. 7, ready to be secured together by the hookless fasteners 16 as in the preferred form. In this form, the flaps are entirely concealed, when not in use, so that when the collar is worn, turned up, they remain invisible. To convert the flaps into a cap, they are drawn out of the pocket and their curved edges connected together by the hookless fasteners as in the other form above described. Obviously the collar of the modified form may be made wide enough to wholly contain the flaps if desired.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A garment having a two-ply collar stitched together along its free edges, one of said plies having a slit adjacent its stitched longitudinal free edge, and cap forming flaps attached to one of said collar plies adjacent the slit therein, and having co-acting fastening members at two companion edges whereby said edges may be secured together, said flaps being adapted to be concealed between the two plies of the collar, and to be extended from said slitwhen used as a cap.

2. A garment having a two-ply collar having a pocket therein opening out through a slit at the free longitudinal edge 'of the collar and a pair of cap forming flaps attached to one of said collar plies adjacent the slit and adapted to be con- 100 cealed in said pocket, when thecollar is lowered or to be extended therefrom, there being co-acting fastening members on two companion edges of the flaps for connecting said edges to form a cap.

3. A garment having a two-ply collar having a pocket therein and aslit adjacent the free longitudinal edge of thecollar, forming an opening to said pocket, and a pair of cap forming flaps attached to one of said collar plies and arranged MORRIS ARST. 

